GMW to release water into mid-Murray storages

A northern Victorian water authority will begin pumping water from Lake Boga into mid-Murray storages later this month.

Goulburn Murray Water (GMW) says the release will lower the lake's levels by two to three centimetres a day until it reaches the target of 45 per cent full.

GMW's Daniel Irwin says the release will be picked up downstream at Swan Hill for consumptive use.

"The pumping won't actually start until mid-March, mid-to-late March, so we are actually completing off the construction of a temporary pump station," he said.

"So once that's complete we'll be able to start the pump."

He says water will be diverted back into Lake Boga in spring as flows become available in the Murray River.

"This'll be the first year that Lake Boga's fulfilled it's role as a mid-Murray Storage which means we'll be making releases out of Lake Boga for downstream consumptive possibly starting mid-to-late March," he said.